October 4, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of new and resale homes in the Phoenix area returned to the plus column in August after two months of declines according to the latest housing data released from DataQuick while low housing inventory continued to boost home prices. […]
October 4, 2012 (Jeff Alan) Fannie Mae completed 15,213 loan modifications under the federal government’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) in August, an increase of 33.3 percent from July according to its Monthly Summary for August 2012. […]
October 2, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The average interest rates for conventional 30-year fixed rate single-family, fully amortized, purchase-money mortgages fell from 3.84 percent in July to 3.74 percent in August according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) Monthly Interest Rate Survey. […]
October 3, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Monthly sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums climbed in Wisconsin during August according to the latest housing data from the Wisconsin Realtors® Association (WRA) as all six regions in the state posted year-over-year increases for the sixth consecutive month. […]
October 3, 2012 (Jeff Alan) The number of loan modifications completed by Freddie Mac increased by over fifteen percent in August while new loan volume increased by nearly $9 billion from the previous month according to the recently released Monthly Volume Summary. […]
October 2, 2012 (Chris Moore) Signed contracts for the purchase of existing homes fell during August continuing an uneven pattern that has left sales contracts declining in three of the last five months according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI). […]
October 2, 2012 (Shirley Allen) The summer selling season ended on a high note in the state of New York in August as the monthly sales of existing single-family homes posted a double-digit increase over July according to the latest housing data from the New York State Association of Realtors® (NYSAR). […]
October 1, 2012 (Shirley Allen) Applications for mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) fell in August with home purchase applications increasing slightly while applications to refinance current mortgages slowed according to the agency’s Single-Family Outlook report for August. […]
October 2, 2012 (Shirley Allen) The nation’s homebuilders continued to spend more money on construction in September as both single-family and multi-family construction increased during the month but total private construction spending fell for the second consecutive month according to the U.S. Census Bureau. […]
